While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts (2025)

- Directed by
- Peter Mettler
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Switzerland, Canada
- Runtime
- 7h
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker reflects on love, life, and the Earth's energy cycles in a personal diary structured in seven parts. The documentary uses images and observations to explore these themes.
contemplativepersonalmeditativereflectiveintimateobservationalphilosophical
What happens
While the Green Grass Grows: A Diary in Seven Parts is a 2025 Swiss-Canadian documentary film that offers a personal reflection on love, life, and the Earth's energy cycles. It is edited, shot, produced, written, and directed by Peter Mettler. Atom Egoyan is one of the executive producers. Two chapters of the film were screened at the 2023 editions of Visions du Réel and the Montreal International Documentary Festival, winning the Grand Prize at Visions du Réel and the Grand Prize in the National Feature competition at RIDM. The full film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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